> Paul also mentioned that there are more honey bee colonies under management now than at any other time in history.
I don't think he said that, really. In the case of the US, it isn't so. During WW II there were 6 million in US. Now we are at about 3, up a bit from 10 years ago. Supposedly, California almonds need 2 million colonies.
FAO Stats show that some countries have gone down a lot:
USA, 1961, 5.5 million
USA, 2017, 2.6 million
Mexico, 1961, 1.98 million
Mexico, 2017, 1.85 million
USSR, 1961, 10 million FAO estimate
USSR, 1991, 9.2 million
Russian Federation, 1992, 4.6 million
Russian Federation, 2017, 3.3 million
And some regions have gone up a lot:
Turkey, 1961, 1.5 million
Turkey, 2017, 7.8 million
China, 1961, 3.3 million
China, 2017, 9.2 million
Africa, 1961, 6.8 million
Africa, 2017, 17.50 million
World, 1961, 49 million
World, 2017, 91 million
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